List of Cornish engineers and inventors
This is a list of engineers and inventors from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
- John Arnold, watchmaker and pioneer of the marine chronometer[1]
- William Bickford, inventor of the safety fuse[2]
- Joseph Henry Collins, mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist [3]
- Sir John Coode, civil engineer[4]
- William Cookworthy, discoverer of china clay (kaolinite) in Cornwall [5]
- Sir Humphry Davy, scientist, inventor and President of the Royal Society[6]
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of limelight[7]
- Jonathan Hornblower, inventor of the compound engine and the steam valve[8]
- William Husband, civil and mechanical engineer[9]
- Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer[10]
- Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine[11]
- Sir Thomas Matthews, civil engineer and builder of lighthouses
- William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident[12]
- Andrew Pears, inventor of transparent soap[citation needed]
- William Westcott Rundell, inventor and engineer from Falmouth
- Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle[13]
- Richard Tangye, engineer[14]
- John Taylor, inventor of the Cornish rolls[15]
- Joseph Thomas, architect and civil engineer
- Joseph Treffry, engineer and industrialist[16]
- Henry Trengrouse, inventor of a rocket-powered maritime rescue system[17]
- Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first steam locomotive[18]
- Robert Trewhella (1830-1909; it:Robert Trewhella), railway engineer and contractor[19]
- Andrew Vivian, Trevithick's cousin and collaborator, and captain of Dolcoath Mine[20]
- Arthur Woolf, inventor of the high pressure compound steam engine[21]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Jonathan Betts, ‘Arnold, John (1735/6–1799)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Ronald M. Birse, ‘Bickford, William (bap. 1774, d. 1834)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Bristow, Colin M. "Joseph Henry Collins 1841-1916". Mineralogical Society. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
- ^ Winchester, Angus J. L. (2004) ‘Cookworthy, William (1705–1780)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ David Knight, ‘Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778–1829)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ G. B. Smith, ‘Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (1793–1875)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Levine, David; Boldrin, Michele (7 September 2008). Against Intellectual Monopoly (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-521-87928-6.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Anita McConnell, ‘Jordan, Thomas Brown (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "The Man-Engine". Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ John C. Griffiths, ‘Murdock, William (1754–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Charles E. Lee, "Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle", in Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 163-73
- ^ W. B. Owen, ‘Tangye, Sir Richard (1833–1906)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Earl, Bryan (1994) Cornish Mining: the techniques of metal mining in the West of England, past and present; 2nd ed. St Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications ISBN 0-9519419-3-3
- ^ Jack Simmons, ‘Treffry, Joseph Thomas (bap. 1782, d. 1850)’, rev. Edmund Newell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
- ^ Pollard, A. F. (2004), ‘Trengrouse, Henry (1772–1854)’, rev. R. C. Cox, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Payton, Philip, ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Re: Robert Trewhella, b 1836 - Zennor; GenForum
- ^ Payton, Philip (2004), ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "Engineers & Inventors". Cornish Mining World Heritage. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.